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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Rudkobing, Denmark
Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau (born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor and producer. He graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993, and had hi…
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Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau (born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor and producer. He graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993, and had his breakthrough role in Denmark with the film Nightwatch (1994). He played Jaime Lannister in the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Coster-Waldau has appeared in numerous films in his native Denmark and Scandinavia, including Headhunters (2011) and A Thousand Times Good Night (2013). In the U.S, his debut film role was in the war film Black Hawk Down (2001), playing Medal of Honor recipient Gary Gordon. He then played a detective in the short-lived Fox television series New Amsterdam (2008), and appeared in the 2009 Fox television film Virtuality, originally intended as a pilot. He is a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, drawing public attention to issues such as gender equality and climate change.
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2026
Qajaq Man
Movie Producer
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2025
Horses & Hangmen
TV show
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2025
King & Conqueror
TV show William of Normandy
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2025
My Fathers' Daughter
Movie Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
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2024
Optimistens guide til planeten
TV show Self - Presenter
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2023
En særlig samtale
TV show
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2023
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
Movie Martin
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2023
Agent
TV show Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
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2023
God Is a Bullet
Movie Bob Hightower
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2023
The Flash
Movie Pizza Guy
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2023
The Last Thing He Told Me
TV show Owen Michaels
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2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2022
Against the Ice
Movie Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen
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2021
A Taste of Hunger
Movie Carsten
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2021
Flee
Movie Executive Producer
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2020
The Silencing
Movie Rayburn Swanson
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2020
The Day We Died
Movie Rico
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2019
Exit Plan
Movie Max Isaksen
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2019
Domino
Movie Christian Toft
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2019
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
Movie Self
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2019
Through Greenland - With Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
TV show Self - Host
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2019
Gone Hollywood
Movie Jack DeVoe
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2017
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
Movie Jaime Lannister (voice)
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2017
Shot Caller
Movie Jacob 'Money' Harlon
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2017
Chicken/Egg
Movie Kenneth
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2017
3 Things
Movie Mikael
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2017
Small Crimes
Movie Joe Denton
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2016
Gods of Egypt
Movie Horus
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2015
Klown Forever
Movie Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
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2015
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Movie Jaime Lannister
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2015
A Second Chance
Movie Andreas
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2014
The Men in Blazers Show
TV show Self
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2014
The Other Woman
Movie Mark King
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self
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2013
A Thousand Times Good Night
Movie Marcus
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2013
Oblivion
Movie Sykes
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2013
Mama
Movie Lucas Desange
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2011
Headhunters
Movie Clas Greve
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2011
Blackthorn
Movie Butch Cassidy
